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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY OF TROY
Last Line: AND SOME SHE TOOK WITH HER TO TROY.

There was a Young Lady of Troy,
Whom several large flies did annoy;
Some she killed with a thump, some she drowned at the pump,
And some she took with her to Troy.



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